Woke up this morning to a couple of fresh FCC listings for two Samsung phones that are of interest to anyone into foldables. Both the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 stopped through for approval and revealed several details about each, including one we’ve waited a couple of Z Fold generations for.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 is the important device of the two, so let’s start with it, which has a model number of SM-F926U. The Galaxy Z Fold 2 was SM-F916 and the original Galaxy Fold was SM-F900. You know this is the next Z Fold because of that model number scheme, but also because the FCC docs describe the phone dozens of times as working when folded or unfolded.
In a bit of a fun reveal, the FCC has confirmed that the Z Fold 3 will indeed support a Samsung S-PEN stylus. We hoped this would arrive with the Z Fold 2, but Samsung withheld that. So yeah, the Z Fold 3 will work with a stylus and we couldn’t be more excited to open the coloring book app on the next little folding square beast.
Additionally, the FCC told us that we have a device with all of the proper connectivity you would want from what should be a really expensive phone. You have complete 5G support of all bands, UWB, NFC, and WiFi 6. The Z Fold 3 also supports wireless charging, just like the Z Fold 2 did.
As for the Galaxy Z Flip 3, you are looking at model number SM-711U. It too supports all of the major 5G bands you want, plus it has NFC, Wireless charging, and WiFi 6. No UWB was mentioned. I also did not see a mention of S-PEN support.
With FCC approvals here, it shouldn’t be long before Samsung announces their next two foldables. Rumors currently have August as the target month.
This post was last modified on June 24, 2021 9:36 am